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Brace for More Volatility

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Image shown: The S&P 500 ETF (SPY) since August of last year. The markets have broken through key support levels, and now support has become resistance. Volatility remains heightened since the low-vol ETN blew up in February. This article is the introduction to both the Dividend Growth Newsletter and High Yield Dividend Newsletter, both of which will be released today due to the holiday January 1. By Brian Nelson, CFA Markets are facing big pressure on the trading session January 3. There’s more to the story than rising interest rates. There’s more to the story than the US-China trade war. There’s more to the story than concerns about the political environment. Price-agnostic (indexing and quant) trading, as I outline in … Read more

Dividend Increases/Decreases for the Week Ending June 1

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Below we provide a list of firms that raised their dividends during the week ending June 1. The dividend reports of covered firms on this list will be updated shortly with the new information. To access our dividend reports use the ‘Symbol’ search box in our website header. Firms Raising Their Dividends This Week Ashland (ASH): now $0.25 per share quarterly dividend, was $0.225. Atlantica Yield (AY): now $0.32 per share quarterly dividend, was $0.31. Bank of Montreal (BMO): now CAD 0.96 per share quarterly dividend, was CAD 0.93. Cass Information Systems (CASS): now $0.26 per share quarterly dividend, was $0.24. Connecticut Water Service (CTWS): now $0.3125 per share quarterly dividend, was $0.2975. CVR Energy (CVI): now $0.75 per share … Read more